The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 151

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 151

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully 151

Hraesvelg (4)

Yoo Seong-woo was certain that Hraesvelg was the most gigantic enemy he had ever seen.

Even the snake he saw in the elves’ Abyss with Schuel felt like an earthworm compared to Hraesvelg.

The adjuster of the wind, the Jötunn [a giant being in Norse mythology] of the far north… a giant hawk……

Hraesvelg, having shed its small form and revealed its true self, exuded a terrifying presence.

“…Is that bird right in front of me? Or is it incredibly far away?”

Hetris, who had obediently followed Yoo Seong-woo, stared at Hraesvelg and asked.

The creature was so huge that it completely warped his sense of perspective.

“…How are we supposed to catch something like that?”

“Just beat it until it dies.”

“Like the infinite monkey theorem [the idea that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare].”

Yoo Ji-woo frowned.

They seemed to think of Hraesvelg as just a slightly larger, monstrous bird.

But the true form of Hraesvelg that was revealed was unbelievably gigantic.

Hraesvelg spread its wings wide. Just as expected, it filled their entire field of vision.

“Hmm.”

Yoo Seong-woo sized it up.

How best to deal with such a thing?

With such large monsters, the standard approach was to latch onto one spot like a tick and keep digging away.

Or find a weakness that could kill it in one blow.

“Hetris, does Hraesvelg have any weaknesses?”

“There’s so little information available……”

“I see. Then I guess we have no choice but to try and see.”

“Try? Yoo Seong-woo, are you thinking of fighting that thing?”

Heuk Sahyang asked.

Yoo Seong-woo looked at her with a face that plainly asked what kind of obvious question that was.

If there’s an enemy in front of you, you have to fight.

Especially when it wasn’t an enemy with absolutely no chance of winning.

Of course, that was just Yoo Seong-woo’s thought. To others, Hraesvelg perched on its roost looked like an insurmountable disaster.

‘I’m so screwed…….’

‘Did I choose the wrong job?’

‘Should I have just stayed a civil servant?’

And so on…….

The monsters of extraordinary size that appeared during the Great Disaster. He was certain that Hraesvelg was comparable to those, or even superior.

No monster with a huge body was ever weak.

Moreover, Hraesvelg was large enough to cover an entire mountain.

At Yoo Seong-woo’s attitude, Heuk Sahyang frowned.

“Heukcheonryong will retreat.”

“Do as you please.”

Having failed to find the mirror and thinking that fighting Hraesvelg would be a waste, Heuk Sahyang retreated with Heukcheonryong.

Their goal was the mirror, not Hraesvelg in the Abyss.

They hadn’t achieved their goal, but they judged that they couldn’t afford any more losses.

Just as they were about to leave, the lower area became noisy.

It was the European divers who had followed Heukcheonryong up.

“Do, do you know what you’ve just done!”

The guild master of Odin, who was rushing up, shouted.

Yoo Seong-woo looked at him and retorted with a face that said another annoying thing had appeared.

“What is it?”

“Who woke up Hraesvelg! There is a way to conquer this Abyss without waking Hraesvelg!”

Yoo Seong-woo retorted bluntly at Odin’s nonsense.

More than that, Yoo Seong-woo clicked his tongue at the news that there was a way to conquer it without touching Hraesvelg first.

‘I’m glad I touched Hraesvelg first. Otherwise, it would have ended without any fun.’

“What are you going to do now? Now that Hraesvelg has awakened, we are all as good as dead!”

“If you’re scared, go down. We don’t need your help anyway.”

If they were just going to make noise next to him, it would be better if they weren’t there at all.

Heukcheonryong would also retreat, and with Hraesvelg revealing its true form, the European guilds couldn’t even think of fighting.

The same would be true for Titan, who had gone up another route.

That giant Hraesvelg would be very visible no matter where it was.

And a voice that echoed through the mountainside resounded in the ears of everyone on the rocky mountain.

A powerful cry that shocked the brain and the soul.

-Not one of you will return alive-!!

Everyone in place was shaken by the declaration that felt like Hraesvelg’s will.

Anyone who didn’t have a strong soul would be incapacitated by this one cry.

The only ones who could stand properly were Heuk Sahyang, Yoo Seong-woo, and Heuk Seonmu.

Yoo Seong-woo looked at the staggering Sword Demon divers and thought.

‘How do you train the soul? Can you beat the soul, too?’

You can cut it with a sword, but he didn’t know how to beat it properly.

He would have to experiment a little later.

What method is most effective for training the soul.

Anyway.

Now was the time to fight.

* * *

Heukcheonryong and the European Union left.

Titan would also be hurrying down the mountain.

How many people would think of defeating such a huge monster as soon as they saw it?

Anyone in their right mind would want to run away immediately.

So, that meant that the only ones in this place were those who weren’t in their right mind.

Of course, they couldn’t turn back because they wanted ‘Hraesvelg’s tail feathers’.

“Those disloyal bastards. They’re really just leaving. How are we supposed to catch that with just us…….”

“It’s stranger to stay in the first place. Isn’t it standard to go out and make a plan when you see a disaster-class monster like that?”

“If you live like that, you’ll only be called a coward.”

Yoo Seong-woo brushed off Yoo Ji-woo and Choi Ah-yeon’s grumbling and continued.

“Anyway, it’s not like you guys are directly fighting Hraesvelg.”

“That’s true.”

The basic strategy was for Yoo Seong-woo to face Hraesvelg while the others inflicted damage.

Yoo Seong-woo was the only one who could tank Hraesvelg in this place.

The operation would only work if he held it back while the rest inflicted meaningful damage.

‘In the end, it looks like I’ll have to catch it alone…….’

He had no choice but to have expectations for those who had grown.

Could their power reach divinity?

“What’s the deal with the Odin guild master saying that it was possible to conquer it without touching Hraesvelg?”

“Who knows.”

The guys who went down are the guys who went down.

The ones who have to fight are themselves.

They would throw away the strategy that those guys thought of and do what they could with all their might.

“Then I’ll go first.”

Yoo Seong-woo took out Ilsaeng.

Whenever he took it out, the sword never lost its eerie red light.

Yoo Seong-woo, holding Ilsaeng in one hand, looked like an existence that would not be defeated.

As he lightly jumped up with Ilsaeng firmly in his hand, Yoo Seong-woo’s figure instantly reached the front of Hraesvelg.

Facing Hraesvelg, Yoo Seong-woo looked at the thing’s huge head, which continued from its beak, and thought.

‘Can my sword now reach the gods? Can it cut them down?’

It was a difficult problem he had been pondering for a long time.

Until now, he had defeated transcendents who had reached the ranks of divinity, but they were all insufficient to be called true gods.

The demon god he defeated in another world turned out to be just a half-wit who had barely set foot in the lowest rank.

‘Have I become stronger?’

He must have become stronger.

Certainly.

He had learned new skills and had insights.

He hadn’t skipped training, so he hadn’t regressed.

He had repaired the cracked soul through repeated battles… so he could become stronger if a little more time passed.

-What are you thinking so much about?

Hraesvelg’s gaze focused on Yoo Seong-woo.

As the huge eyes rolled and watched him, he was enveloped in a sense as if the sky was looking down.

And at the same time, dozens of sky-blue rays were fired at him.

Yoo Seong-woo spun around in the air, knocking down all the rays, and then fired a long aura at Hraesvelg.

The aura was no bigger than a toothpick compared to Hraesvelg’s size.

But judging that it was threatening, Hraesvelg fired rays again to block the aura.

‘Yeah, that’s it.’

Yoo Seong-woo gained one conviction from Hraesvelg’s reaction.

His sword would reach the gods.

Even if it was just a scratch.

He desperately felt it when he was immersed in cutting down divinity from below the cliff.

The most important thing is will.

A strong belief that his sword would reach the enemy.

Swordsmen tend to shrink psychologically when they meet a strong opponent.

Thinking that their sword will not reach the opponent, they think about the next move before making the first move.

Such thoughts are the main culprit in weakening the will.

And.

‘Confidence beyond will.’

When you think about it, reaching the level of a Swordmaster who freely manipulates aura was similar.

Where is the Swordmaster who doesn’t trust his sword?

Those who can’t even swing their sword properly don’t deserve to be called Swordmasters.

Yoo Seong-woo swung his sword with confidence. A strong conviction that his sword would reach Hraesvelg.

“You can’t even get up to a decent speed with that big body.”

Muttering so, he concentrated his aura and leaped into the air.

He swung Ilsaeng from bottom to top, getting really close to Hraesvelg’s nose.

The sword full of red aura drew a red line in the air.

With a roar, Hraesvelg’s chin was slightly lifted.

A small scar was engraved on Hraesvelg’s chin.

It was a smaller scar than he thought, but he was satisfied with that.

Because there were plenty of scars to be engraved on the thing’s body in the future.

-Kieeeeeeeeeeeek-!!

Whether it hurt or not, Hraesvelg let out a scream-like cry.

At the same time, several figures appeared from Hraesvelg’s head.

While Hraesvelg’s mind was focused on Yoo Seong-woo, Yoo Ji-woo carried people with floating magic.

Hraesvelg was so huge that there were plenty of places to set foot.

“The aggro is perfect, so hit it as you please.”

Although it was a voice that couldn’t be heard.

Yoo Seong-woo said so and then spun around again, slamming his sword into Hraesvelg’s beak.

Hraesvelg staggered greatly again, and the divers who had safely landed on the thing’s body showed off their respective skills.

Whether it was Yoo Ji-woo’s magic or not, a big explosion occurred, and the divers also struck down with great force.

It didn’t seem like there was much damage, but this would accumulate if they kept doing it.

For reference, Baek Woo-hyun and Jeanne had not yet joined.

He thought they would come on their own if they fought splendidly.

-The wind will hate you!

“Try it.”

At Hraesvelg’s cry, the wind blew fiercely.

Not just wind, but sharp gusts began to cover the world.

Skin was cut and blood splattered just by touching it.

He checked to see if the others were safe, and fortunately, it seemed that the sharp gusts were concentrated in the front, so there was nothing particularly wrong.

That meant he was pulling Hraesvelg’s aggro perfectly.

Wasn’t this the essence of a true tanker [a character specialized in absorbing damage and protecting allies]?

Of course, the tanker’s damage output would be much higher than those up there.

Yoo Seong-woo raised the corners of his lips.

Now it was time to swing his sword with excitement.